NEWS

LSRE-LCM Researchers in the Editorial Board of Elsevier scientific journal

June 21, 2021

Vitor Jorge Pais Vilar, Principal Researcher, and Maria Francisca da Costa Moreira, Junior Researcher from LSRE-LCM were respectively appointed as Associate Editor and Early Career Editorial Board of Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, a journal published by Elsevier.

The Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering focuses on the development of sustainable technologies for water and wastewater treatment and reuse, pollution prevention, resource recovery of waste, nanomaterials for environmental applications, sustainability and environmental safety, and recent developments on green chemistry.

More info at:

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-environmental-chemical-engineering/editorial-board
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-environmental-chemical-engineering/editorial-board/vitor-vilar

18ª MOSTRA UP 2021 - Online Edition

May 25, 2021

The 18th "Mostra da Universidade do Porto" will take place in a virtual edition from May 27th to 29th.

Each School and Associate laboratory from the University of Porto will have a virtual stand with general information, galleries and videos. ALiCE, Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, which is composed by CEFT, LEPABE and LSRE-LCM will be at this MOSTRA's edition!

The registration is free but mandatory.

For free registration: https://mostra.up.pt/

More info at: https://noticias.up.pt/tudo-a-mostra-da-uporto-2021/

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

Carneiro M.A., Silva T.A., Teixeira P.J.S., Boaventura R.A.R., Botelho C.M.S., Pintor A.M.A.. New insights on antimony removal and recovery from water and wastewater using iron-coated cork granulates: Desorption on batch and fixed-bed column systems. Chemical Engineering Science, 296, 120207, 2024

Domingues P.S., Sousa H.P., Oliveira N.S., Ribeiro A.M., Ferreira A.. Determination of the biochemical methane potential of swine hydrolyzate. Renewable Energy, 235, 121287, 2024

Matos J., Santos R.J., Dias M.M., Lopes J.C.B.. Chaos and mixing in NETmix. AIChE Journal, 70, e18461, 2024

Batool S., Schubert J.S., Ayala P., Saito H., Sampaio M.J., Da Silva E.S., Silva C.G., Faria J.L., Eder D., Cherevan A.. A thiomolybdate cluster for visible-light-driven hydrogen evolution: comparison of homogeneous and heterogeneous approaches. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 8, 1225 - 1235, 2024

Restivo J., Orge C.A., Soares O.S.G.P., Pereira M.F.R.. A review of current and prospective catalytic routes for the management of PFAs contamination in water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, 112859, 2024

APPROVED PROJECTS

SWMOF - Water capture from atmospheric humidity using ecological MOFs and integration with intelligent water distribution systems. Reference: Water4All/0003/2022. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Water4All - Water4All Partnership (co-funded by Horizon Europe). Starting Date: 2024/04/01. Duration: 36 months.

ReWateR - Recovery of Wastewater Resources in Agriculture. Reference: 82343. Funded by: “La Caixa” Foundation, INCF - Incoming Fellowship 2023. Starting Date: 2024/04/01. Duration: 36 months.

ERA-ARE - A new ERA for Environmental Risk Assessment: Chirality as a tool towards environmentally safe pharmaceuticals. Reference: ERC - 101039270. Funded by: European Comission, Horizon Europe | ERC | STARTING GRANTS. Starting Date: 2023/12/31. Duration: 60 months.

NEWater - Unconventional, natural and low-energy solutions for managing water sources. Reference: Water4All/0002/2022. Funded by: FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Water4All - Water4All Partnership (co-funded by Horizon Europe). Starting Date: 2023/12/01. Duration: 36 months.

RESURGENCE - Industrial Water Circularity: Reuse, resource recovery and energy efficiency for greener digitised EU process. Reference: 101138097. Funded by: European Comission, Horizonte Europa | Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space. Starting Date: 2023/12/01. Duration: 48 months.

THESIS DEFENSES

Cláudia Cristina Ferreira de Almeida
Liquid and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processes for the Valorisation of Natural Products

Pedro Monteiro Walgode
A new continuous process for dihydroxyacetone production through glycerol catalytic oxidation

Rafael Osório Marques Dias
Gas-phase Simulated Moving Bed for methane upgrade

Ana Sofia Guedes Gorito dos Santos
Removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from water in continuous catalytic systems

Júlia Cristiê Kessler
Supercritical CO2 extraction and continuous production of Moringa oleifera microcapsules: A scalable approach for natural-based cosmetic formulations

Lucas Zafanelli
Green Hydrogen Recovery from Natural Gas Grids by Adsorption Processes